Kaua‘i News

Wilcox Medical Center in Līhuʻe recently celebrated the completion of its newly renovated Emergency Department.

Kaua‘i County is preparing for the impacts of climate change, and officials are getting the community involved in the development of plans to protect the island’s natural resources.

Delia Tumbaga, Recreation Attendant at Marriott’s Waiohai Beach Club in Kōloa, has been named a Way to Go! Diamond Honoree, the top honor in Marriott Vacations Worldwide’s global associate recognition program.

Last Saturday, May 20, the Hawai‘i Farm to School Hui convened a multigenerational group of community leaders, public health workers, educators, youth, and legislators at Hoa ‘Āina O Mākaha to celebrate recent key legislative wins for Hawai‘i’s farm to school movement.

The state Department of Transportation issued its weekly road and lane closure list for May 28 to June 3. Lane closure schedules may change at any time without further notice. All projects are weather permitting.

Eighty-three public schools throughout the state will serve meals free of charge over the summer break to children ages 18 years and younger through its summer food service program.

Due to mechanical issues, resurfacing work on Waha Road was rescheduled to June 6-7.

The monthly test of the all-hazard Statewide Outdoor Warning Siren System, coordinated with the test of the Live Audio Broadcast segment of the Emergency Alert System, is scheduled for Wednesday, June 1, 2022, at 11:45 a.m.

The National Weather Service has issued a high surf advisory for south-facing shores for all islands from noon till 6 a.m. Sunday.

Get your taste buds ready for some exceptional poke this weekend as the Kaua‘i Poke Fest with Sam Choy & Friends returns to Kōloa Landing Resort.

Kaua’i’s COVID case count remains elevated, but it has slightly decreased in the past week, according to Mayor Derek Kawakami in the county’s latest weekly video briefing on Facebook.

A former Kaua‘i County Councilman was sentenced in federal court to serve 20 years in prison after pleading guilty to a myriad of offenses in connection to the distribution of methamphetamine on the Garden Isle.

The state is offering those who produce specialty crops a chance to get some financial assistance to do so.

Those looking for employment on the island have an opportunity this week to check out a variety of available positions from several businesses during an upcoming job fair.

Par Hawai‘i, the state’s leading provider of refined petroleum products, is giving residents of the islands a break at the gas pump as prices continue to increase.

Two financial organizations are focused on the future of agriculture in Hawaiʻi and investing in those who will steward it — the next generation of farmers.

A total of 818,268 visitors came to the Hawaiian Islands in April 2022, representing a 96.3% recovery from April 2019 and the highest recovery rate since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic in Hawai‘i.

The Hawaiʻi Department of Transportation, Highways Division, invites Kauaʻi’s North Shore communities to an informational meeting to provide updates, present information and collect public feedback on several ongoing and upcoming projects in the area.

District Court of the 5th Circuit on Kaua‘i will have a new judge, if confirmed, following his appointment to the bench by Hawai‘i Chief Justice Mark E. Recktenwald.

Ancestral Hawaiian human remains and treasures of the aliʻi have returned home thanks to the efforts of several organizations to have them repatriated to Hawaiʻi.